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The City of Seattle
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An ordinance relating to the City Light Department; authorizing the General Manager and Chief Executive Officer to grant an easement over a portion of fee owned property to Puget Sound Energy; and accepting payment of the fair market value for the easement.
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WHEREAS, the City Light Department (City Light) operates a public power system for The City of Seattle and surrounding communities, including fee owned transmission corridor through the City of Bellevue.
WHEREAS, City Light owns property abutting 3105 125th Ave SE Bellevue, WA 98005, identified as King County Parcel Number 092405-9143, which is used as part of the electric transmission corridor through a portion of the City of Bellevue, as legally described in Attachment 1 to this ordinance.
WHEREAS, City Light acquired the property from King County, Washington on February 7, 1950.
WHEREAS, City Light and T-Mobile are party to a Wireless Communications Site Agreement (identified as 240509-2-602), which provided for the construction and operation of an unmanned telecommunications facility on City Light fee owned property, originally executed August 9, 2002, and last extended for a five-year period on October 30, 2022.
WHEREAS, T-Mobile wishes to upgrades its facilities, including the addition of a gas-powered generator, and Puget Sound Energy and T-Mobile agree that Puget Sound Energy shall improve the easement area of 900 square feet as described in Attachment 2, Exhibit A to provide an underground gas line to serve the T-Mobile telecommunications facility.
WHEREAS, Puget Sound Energy wishes to purchase the necessary easement rights from City Light and City Light wishes to sell the necessary rights and grant an easement to Puget Sound Energy for the sum of $6,800, which represents fair market value of the easement rights. Therefore,
Be it ordained by The City of Seattle as follows:
Section 1. Certain property rights associated with City Light property are no longer needed for City Light’s utility purposes and are approved for sale at fair market value.
Section 2. The General Manager and Chief Executive Officer of the City Light Department or designee is authorized to enter into the necessary agreements with Puget Sound Energy for the sale and grant of an easement in substantially the form presented as Attachment 1 to this ordinance, and to record the document with the King County Recorder.
Section 3. The General Manager and Chief Executive Officer of the City Light Department or designee is authorized to make minor modifications to the easement as necessary to carry out the purposes of this ordinance, subject to approval by the City Attorney as to form.
Section 4. The General Manager and Chief Executive Officer of the City Light Department or designee is authorized to accept payment of $6,800 for the sale of the easement and deposit the payment into the Light Fund.
Attachments:
Attachment 1 - Legal Description of Seattle City Light Property Parcel 0924059143
Attachment 2 - Puget Sound Energy Easement with Exhibits
This ordinance shall take effect as provided by Seattle Municipal Code Sections 1.04.020 and 1.04.070.
Passed by the City Council and signed in open session in authentication of its passage on .
President of the City Council
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Katie B. Wilson, Mayor
Scheereen Dedman, City Clerk